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AND MISS CARTER WORE PINK
Written by Helen Bradley.
Illustrated by Helen Bradley.
Stock no. 1828582
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1974.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Scenes from an edwardian childhood. Reproducing both paintings and Helen Bradley's own charming commentary, this unique volume is an incomparable pleasure. Blue boards, gilt titles. 31 pages. 11.5 x 10.5". Large oblong format. ISBN: 0224005812. Reprint. Text block browned. Foxing to edges of title page, colophon page and page 3. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and a little grubby.
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- CHILDRENS
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328388
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1958.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
New Edition, type re-set. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and blind title to cover. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 351 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and browned (especially to spine).
COOT CLUB
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328381
Published by Jonathan Cape.
2014.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Revised edition. Green boards, gilt title to spine and blind title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 352 pages. A Norfolk Broads adventure. ISBN: 9780224606356. Spine very slightly bumped. Small patch of surface paper damage to front pastedown (tear in the paper). Some faint foxing else contents clean. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.
THE WAR OF THE BIRDS AND THE BEASTS
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Faith Jaques.
Stock no. 1328359
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1984.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Published posthumously, another collection of Russian fairy-stories. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224022156. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock, endpapers and wrapper flaps.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- RUSSIA
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328182
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1990.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Edition, type re-set. Green boards with gilt title to spine and blind title to cover. Endpapers are maps. 351 pages. ISBN: 022460631X. Spine slightly bumped. A couple of small brown spots to front endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed. There is a closed tear to top edge of front panel with associated creases.
WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328172
Published by Jonathan Cape.
2008.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Neat inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Dustwrapper has a tiny nick to top of spine.
THE SPRING ON THE MOUNTAIN
Written by Judy Allen.
Illustrated by John Hurford.
Stock no. 1328003
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1973.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine. 155 pages. B/w illustrations at chapter headers. ISBN: 0224008617. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Tiny indentation to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper has minimal rubbing at edges.
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- CHILDRENS
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SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM
Written by T.E. Lawrence.
Stock no. 1828225
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1935.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Pages untrimmed. Top edge brown. B/w maps and plates. Fifth impression in the same years as first publication for general circulation. Boards clean and bright. Foxing mainly to endpapers and text block. Includes a leaflet on Lawrence of Arabia Memorial which is also foxed. Contents are tight and generally clean (bar foxing). Plain dustwrapper is grubby and lightly edge-worn.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- MIDDLE EAST
- ARABIA
- BIOGRAPHY
- MILITARY
72 DRAWINGS BY DAVID HOCKNEY
Written by David Hockney.
Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1828065
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1971.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Mostly monochrome and a few colour illustrations chosen by Hockney. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 022400655X. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, page margins lightly browned. Else a nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- ART
THE LETTERS OF T.E. LAWRENCE
Written by T.E. Lawrence; David Garnett.
Stock no. 1828048
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1938.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
In this book the career of T.E. Lawrence from the time he was a schoolboy, interested in archaeology, until his death in 1935, is recorded almost entirely in his own words: in his letters and in unpublished secret documents and official reports. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. 896 pages including index. B/w photos and maps, some fold-out. Second impression. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Boards have a very slight grubby appearance. Text block browned. A few foxspots present. Price-cut dustwrapper is grubby with a few marks, browned to spine, worn at corners & top & tail of spine.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- LETTERS
- MIDDLE EAST
- ARCHAEOLOGY
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UNCLE AND CLAUDIUS THE CAMEL
Written by J.P. Martin.
Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1327689
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1969.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A succession of fantastic adventures lead to the awesome moment when Uncle (the elephant) is chained and helpless and at the mercy of the Badford Crowd in Beave Hateman's Chamber of Horrors... Turquoise boards, gilt title to spine. Orange pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations throughout. 192 pages. ISBN: 0224616439. Spine slightly bumped and cover edges lightly rubbed. Book leans to one side very slightly. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to top edge of text block and a small mark to contents page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just slightly rubbed/nicked at spine and corners.
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- CHILDRENS
- ELEPHANT
- ANIMAL STORY
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UNCLE CLEANS UP
Written by J.P. Martin.
Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1327688
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1965.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Uncle (the elephant) is ignominiously captured by the Badfort crowd at a banana sale... Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Yellow pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. 176 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Inscription in ink and a name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss to corners, repaired tear on verso.
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- CHILDRENS
- ELEPHANT
- ANIMAL STORY
Jonathan Cape
Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until his death in 1960.
Cape and his business partner Wren Howard set up the publishing house in 1921. They established a reputation for high quality design and production and a fine list of English-language authors, fostered by the firm's editor and reader Edward Garnett. Cape's list of writers ranged from poets including Robert Frost and C. Day Lewis, to chi...
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